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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 1180
TitleLetter in French from Willem Buys, Amst[erdam], Netherlands, to Robert Harley, [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 7 Sep. 1706
Date7 September 1706
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionRefers to a change of plan and notes his own approval; states that he has submitted this to the Conseiller Pensionnaire and will inform him shortly of the resolution on this.

Reports the election of the Bishop of [Baderborn] as Bishop of Munster; hopes the Queen will cooperate in the confirmation of this appointment; refers to background of this election and reasons for various preferences; refers to Holland's efforts on behalf of the Common Cause and to her friendship with England and contrasts her actions with those of a certain Prince who withdrew his troops from the Empire.

Enclosure at Pw2 Hy 1181.
LanguageFrench
Termelections, foreign ecclesiastical
diplomacy, with Netherlands
European affairs, politics 1706

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA18608Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland1665-1714
NA29977Munster; - (fl 1706); Bishop offl 1706
NA29481Buys; Willem (1661-1749); -; Pensionary of Amsterdam 1693-17251661-1749
NA893Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-17141661-1724
Places
CodeSet
PL34289/Munster/Germany
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